Dreessen: Will Ottawa's next Official Plan respect community input?

In 2017 and last year, TVO broadcast a fascinating series by Canadian-Danish urbanist Mikael Colville-Andersen entitled "The Life-Sized City."  In each of the 12 cities he visited around the world (including Windsor/Detroit and Montreal), a common theme was how empowering neighbourhoods results in more innovative solutions to urban form and more satisfactory living. A neighbourhood's quality of life improves when its residents are intimately involved in shaping its future. Read More